AI Tools & Apps

Open Source AI Week starts Monday, and the lineup reads like a developer’s wish list.

When I first saw MiniMax-M2, the name alone hinted at something tiny, yet the specs say it can actually beat GLM 4.6 while staying cheap on compute.

When Confluent rolled out its agent-ready streaming platform last week, the headline was clear: AI agents seem to need a constant flow of fresh data...

When I skimmed the latest list of the 18 most-downloaded open-source AI models from India, the first thing that jumped out was how many of them are...

When I first saw Moonshot AI’s new model, Kimi K2 Thinking, I wondered if it could actually cut through the usual hype.

Britain seems to be gearing up for a new rule that would put a checkpoint in front of every AI model deemed risky.

Republicans seem to be eyeing a different tack on AI oversight, one that might change how the tech is ruled nationwide.

When I first saw the headline about an AI winning gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2025, I thought it was a one-off stunt.

When you look at the way most identity-and-access-management tools were built, they kind of assume users are people who sit at a desk.

When I first saw Nano Banana, a chatbot that claims to spit out answers in seconds, I wondered how a single app could affect a country of more than a...

When a bank’s product team finally rolls out a new risk model, the process often feels like waiting for paint to dry.

When Verizon bought TracFone, it felt like another piece falling into place in the MVNO shuffle.

It feels like the AI hardware market is quietly shifting. The big headlines still shout about ever-bigger training clusters, but more engineers seem...

When you think about the web, you probably picture people clicking links, scrolling feeds, typing queries.

When I first saw headlines about generative AI writing code, I imagined a smooth pipeline: AI drafts user stories, spits out test suites, and ships...

The rush to build AI-powered data centers is already shifting the numbers we use to size up Silicon Valley.

When Salesforce rolled out the name “Agentforce Vibes,” it landed right in the middle of the buzz around “vibe coding” tools.

At Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s campuses in Southern India, the new BTech program feels like a bit of an experiment itself.

When you hear “agentic AI” these days, it’s because the tech is starting to act less like a calculator and more like a teammate.

When I first saw the announcement from SAS Academy for Data & AI Excellence, I was struck by the sheer number of bootcamps, certifications and...